Team:Shenzhen/Result/YAO.Channel

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Construction of a Signal Peptide System

        Signal peptides are the tools we use to assemble YAO. Channel-Toc and Tic proteins, and to guide the protein into YAO matrix through YAO. Channel. We have designed several Signal Peptide BioBricks (shown in http://partsregistry.org/cgi/partsdb/pgroup.cgi?pgroup=iGEM2012&group=Shenzhen).

        In total, there are 6 types of signal peptide involved in our project: signal peptide (SP) of Zim17, SP of ferredoxi, SP of Tim21, SP of Tom40, SP of Tom70, SP of Tom22.

  • 1. SP of Zim17
  •      Zim17 is a zinc finger protein located in mitochondrial matrix. The signal peptide of Zim17 is amino-terminal segments rich in positively charged residues that form two to three turns of a helix with amphipathic character, and it directs the proteins imported into mitochondrial matrix. The sequence can be found at http://www.uniprot.org/blast/?about=P42844[1-47]. We synthesized the sequence and linked it with RFP & YFP.

    The document we mainly refer to is:

    Burri L, Vascotto K, Fredersdorf S, Tiedt R, Hall MN, Lithgow T. Zim17, a novel zinc finger protein essential for protein import into mitochondria. J. Biol. Chem. 2004;279:50243-50249.

  • 2. SP of ferredoxi
  •      The signal peptide of ferredoxi, as a chloroplast-target transit peptide, has an α helix at its N-terminus, followed by an unstructured C-terminal domain of ~19 amino acids. The sequence can be found at http://www.uniprot.org/blast/?about=P07839%5b1-32%5d. We synthesized the sequence and linked it with RFP & YFP.

    The document we mainly refer to is:

    Bruce, B. D. (2000). "Chloroplast transit peptides: structure, function and evolution." Trends in Cell Biology 10(10): 440-447.

  • 3. SP of Tim21
  •      Tim21 is one component of the translocase of the inner mitochondrial membrane (TIM complex), and the signal peptide of Tim21 contains 239 amino acids with a N-terminally single transmembrane segment showing the characteristics of a positively charged mitochondrial presequence with a predicted cleavage site after residue 42. The sequence can be found at http://www.uniprot.org/blast/?about=P53220[1-70]. We synthesized the sequence and linked it with RFP & YFP.

    The document we mainly refer to is:

    Chacinska, A., M. Lind, et al. (2005). "Mitochondrial Presequence Translocase: Switching between TOM Tethering and Motor Recruitment Involves Tim21 and Tim17." Cell 120(6): 817-829.

  • 4. SP of Tom40
  •      Tom40 is the core component of the translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane (TOM complex), presenting an β-barrel structure. The signal peptide of Tom40 is a conserved β-signal motif, located near the C-terminus, The sequence can be found in the document BMC Genomics, 12, 79. We synthesized the sequence and linked it with RFP & YFP.

    The document we mainly refer to is:

    Imai, K., Fujita, N., Gromiha, M.M. and Horton, P. (2011) Eukaryote-wide sequence analysis of mitochondrial beta-barrel outer membrane proteins. BMC Genomics, 12, 79.

  • 5. SP of Tom70
  •      Tom70 is also one component of TOM complex, but only contain a single transmembrane segment at their N terminus. The signal peptide of Tom70 is the transmembrane domain comprising a hydrophilic, positively charged segment. The sequence can be found in http://www.uniprot.org/blast/?about=P07213[11-30]. We synthesized the sequence and linked it with RFP & YFP.

    The document we mainly refer to is:

    Rapaport, D. (2003). "Finding the right organelle." EMBO Rep 4(10): 948-952.

  • 6. SP of Tom22
  •      Tom22 is similar with Tom70, but it’s a tail-anchored protein. The signal peptide of Tom22 is also similar with the one of Tom70: moderately hydrophobic, relatively short, with positive charges at the flanking regions. The sequence can be found in http://www.uniprot.org/blast/?about=P49334[98-119]. We synthesized the sequence and linked it with RFP & YFP.

    The document we mainly refer to is:

    Plant Physiology July 2000 vol. 123 no. 3 811-816.